Franklin Delano Roosevelt pushed a flurry of legislation that put the federal
government into the American
economy in an
unprecedented manner. Different agencies were formed to battle The Great Depression and Roosevelt dubbed this action the New Deal. The Germans implemented the Reinhart Plan that called for increased
government spending towards three sectors, public works such as roads, canals and renovation of office-buildings. The author believes that the National Socialist intervention in the
economy was far more radical than was the New Deal.